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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Data Engineer - **Company:** Mastercard - **Location:** Miami, FL, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $115,000.0 - $184,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Airflow, Amazon Web Services, Amazon S3, Apache HTTP Server, Automation of Tests, Big Data, Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, Cyber Security, Continuous Integration, Data Architecture, Information Engineering, Data Governance, Data Infrastructure, Data Masking, Data Security, DevOps, Meta-Data Management, Cloud Services, Apache Spark, Build Management, Pyspark, Data Management, Cloudwatch, Data Pipelines - **Published:** July 16, 2026 - **Apply:** https://mastercard.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/CorporateCareers/job/Miami-Florida/Senior-Data-Engineer_R-282484 ## About the Role The ideal candidate is a hands-on engineer who thrives in modern Lakehouse architecture, large-scale pipeline development and analytical mindset., * 4+ years of experience in data engineering, data platform development, or related technical roles. * Experience designing and implementing scalable data platforms and data products in enterprise environments. * Knowledge of data mesh or data product architectures in enterprise settings. * Deep hands-on experience with Apache Spark (PySpark) for large-scale data processing and pipeline development. * Deep hands-on experience with Apache Iceberg or similar open table formats * Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code and DevOps practices. * Experience with data governance, data quality frameworks, and metadata management tools. * Strong experience with AWS Cloud services, including services such as Amazon S3, EMR, Glue, Lambda, ECS/EKS, and CloudWatch for developing, deploying, and managing cloud-native data solutions. ## Description We are seeking a Senior Data Engineer with expertise in Apache Spark, Apache Iceberg, Apache Airflow, and AWS to design and build the next generation of our finance data platform. You will own finance-focused data products while contributing to foundational platform capabilities and engineering standards that scale across the enterprise., Data Products * Design, develop, and maintain data products * Ensure data products meet quality, auditability, lineage, and compliance standards Platform Engineering & Framework Development * Build reusable data engineering frameworks and accelerators used across multiple teams * Develop standardized patterns for ingestion, transformation, orchestration, monitoring, and data quality * Contribute to and promote engineering standards and best practices across the team for Spark, Iceberg, Airflow, and cloud-native engineering * Drive adoption of self-service platform capabilities and common engineering standards * Build and optimize Apache Iceberg-based lakehouse solutions for analytical and operational workloads * Design and optimize distributed processing workloads to ensure performance, resiliency, scalability, and cost efficiency. * Design, implement, and support workflow orchestration solutions that manage dependencies, scheduling, monitoring, and recovery across complex data pipelines. * Integrate and transform data from multiple internal and external sources to create trusted, reusable, and business-ready datasets. * Design and maintain logical and physical data models that support scalable analytics, reporting, and data product development. * Apply data security and governance standards including access controls, encryption, data masking, regulatory compliance, and secure data lifecycle management. 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